diff --git a/gtk+/gtk+/gtk+-conf.in b/gtk+/gtk+/gtk+-conf.in
index df67ac17e..d5ee6396d 100644
--- a/gtk+/gtk+/gtk+-conf.in
+++ b/gtk+/gtk+/gtk+-conf.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../gtk+/gtk+-conf.in
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ var_append confopt " " "--disable-gtktest"
 
 # exclude files generated by gtk-update-icon-cache
 flistdel="$flistdel|$prefix/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache"
+# exclude hicolor directory
+var_append flistdel '|' "$prefix/share/icons/hicolor$"